Bag Lunch Series: Saving the Rooster

Gordon Harris, Ipswich Town Historian The gilded weathercock at the First Church in Ipswich has graced the steeple of every church at that location since the middle of the 18th […]

Bag Lunch Series: Objects from the Museum Collection

Join curator, Katherine Chaison, in this show and tell lecture where she shares with the audience special items from the museum's collection that are not generally on view. This is […]

Bag Lunch Series: The Story of Bees

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Eve and Sam Hamlin share details and their experiences as beekeepers along the marsh in Ipswich. They will give quick history of beekeeping over the years and talk about some […]

Objects of Interest

Join curator, Katherine Chaison as she selects  items and objects from our vast collection to share with our members. It is always fun to see rare items that are not […]

Ipswich Lace

Come hear Susan Landry, textile specialist as she talks about the history of Ipswich Lace and show objects from our collection used to make the lace. Included in this talk […]

The Early Voyages of Augustine Heard

Join Robert Gray, Heard descendant as he talks about his recent research on his family. During the late 1830s Augustine Heard of Ipswich composed a list of his early voyages […]

Women in Ipswich History

Gordon Harris, town historian will share stories of women in Ipswich from the first settlement to the present century. Learn about Ann Dudley Bradstreet, the first published poet, Emma Jane […]